Bean Cars was a brand of motor vehicles made in England by A Harper Sons & Bean, Ltd at factories in Dudley, Worcestershire, and Coseley, Staffordshire.

The company began making cars in 1919 and diversified into light commercial vehicles in 1924.

For a few years in the early 1920s Bean outsold Austin and Morris.

Bean suffered financial difficulties and the steel-maker Hadfields Limited took it over in 1926.

The launch of an under-developed new model in 1928 worsened sales, and the company stopped making cars in 1929.

Hadfields continued Bean commercial vehicle production as "Bean New Era" until June 1931.

In 1933 Hadfield re-launched the company as Beans Industries, making components for other motor vehicle manufacturers.

This very rare Bean Model 12 4 door convertible is a 1925 model.

The car comes with the original buff logbook, a later style v5, the newest style v5, original handbooks, a large amount of paperwork, and lots of old MoTs.

The vendor states that the car starts,...